Tim Cubitt

Research Interests

Causes and Prevention of Crime Crime Policy Police Administration, Procedures and Practice Law enforcement Terrorism

APrf Tim Cubitt

Associate Professor

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD as Principal Supervisor, but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Tim Cubitt is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Adelaide University and Deputy Director of the Australian Cybercrime Observatory. Tim’s research focuses on child sexual exploitation and abuse, extremism, and policing. In particular, he examines the dynamics of offending and victimisation, and offender behaviour and organisation, with a focus on technological and financial enablers. He has advised policing agencies and governments across Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the development of detection pathways and prevention strategies for offences involving children across online spaces.

Date Position Institution name
2026 - ongoing Associate Professor Adelaide University
2025 - 2026 Chair, Lower Risk Human Research Ethics Committee University of Adelaide
2025 - 2026 Associate Professor University of Adelaide
2019 - 2025 Principal Research Analyst Australian Institute of Criminology
2015 - 2019 Senior Research Officer NSW Police Force
2013 - 2015 Researcher St. Vincents Hospital Alcohol & Drug Service

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2024 Award Outstanding Policing Research Award Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Australia -
2021 Award PhD Candidate Award Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
Western Sydney University Australia PhD
Macquarie University Australia Master of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
UNSW Sydney Australia BA (Criminology)

Year Citation
2026 Frederick, A., Connealy, N. T., & Cubitt, T. (2026). Safe consumption sites and crime: A staggered synthetic control evaluation of Toronto’s expanding safe consumption site network. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 22(2), 537-575.
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2026 Cubitt, T. I. C., Napier, S. S., & Brown, R. (2026). Criminal Justice Predictors of Child Sexual Abuse Live Streaming. Victims and Offenders, 21(3), 686-702.
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2026 Cubitt, T. I. C., Brown, M., & Bland, M. (2026). Fire Without Smoke: Understanding Spontaneous Career Ending Police Misconduct. Police Quarterly, 29(3), 437-463.
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2026 Cubitt, T. I. C., Connealy, N., & Sherman, L. W. (2026). Measuring macro and micro geospatial changes in New York City’s motor vehicle thefts. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 22(2), 623-647.
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2026 Cubitt, T., Logos, K., & Brewer, R. (2026). The digital lives of adolescents: National prevalence of internet, technology, and AI use in Australia.
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2026 Logos, K., Brewer, R., Seigfried-Spellar, K. C., Palmer, E., Napier, S., Nicholas, M., . . . Cubitt, T. I. C. (2026). Examining how children experience, interpret, and respond to incidents of online grooming and solicitation: Results from an Australian study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 181, 14 pages.
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2026 Cubitt, T. I. C., Logos, K., Brewer, R., Mathews, B., Jago, M., & Gannon, C. (2026). Prevalence and disclosure of AI and non-AI online child sexual victimisation: Findings from a national study of Australian adolescents. Child Abuse and Neglect, 181, 108328.
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2025 Cubitt, T. I. C., & Gaub, J. E. (2025). Characteristics of Serious Police Misconduct: Discerning Typologies in Three Agencies. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 52(8), 1260-1278.
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2025 Mathews, B., Walsh, K., Finkelhor, D., Parvin, K., Burton, M., Nicholas, M., . . . Flynn, A. (2025). Disclosure of online child sexual victimisation: Findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 165, 107493-1-107493-13.
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2025 Walsh, K., Mathews, B., Parvin, K., Smith, R., Burton, M., Nicholas, M., . . . Tran, N. (2025). Prevalence and characteristics of online child sexual victimization: Findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 160, 107186-1-107186-12.
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2025 Mathews, B., Hegarty, K., Macmillan, H., Madzoska, M., Erskine, H., Pacella, R., . . . Cubitt, T. (2025). The prevalence of intimate partner violence in Australia: a national survey. Medical Journal of Australia, 222(9), 440-448.
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2025 Wolbers, H., Cubitt, T., Napier, S., Cahill, M., Nicholas, M., Burton, M., & Giunta, K. (2025). Sexual extortion of Australian adolescents: Results from a national survey. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (712), 1-25.
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2025 Wolbers, H., Cubitt, T., Carter, R., & Napier, S. (2025). The impacts of sexual extortion on minors: A systematic review. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (710), 1-16.
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2025 Gaub, J. E., & Cubitt, T. I. C. (2025). Reforming the management of serious misconduct: a temporal analysis of the NYPD. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 19, paaf011-1-paaf011-11.
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2025 Wolbers, H., Cubitt, T., & Cahill, M. (2025). Artificial intelligence and child sexual abuse: A rapid evidence assessment. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (711), 1-18.
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2025 Cubitt, T., Napier, S., & Brown, R. (2025). Financial risk indicators of child sexual abuse live streaming: A proof of concept prediction model. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (718), 1-18.
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2025 Cahill, M., Cubitt, T., Wolbers, H., Napier, S., Ball, M., Hancock, J., & Broadhurst, R. (2025). Self-reported desistance and help-seeking approaches of child sexual offenders on the darknet.. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (716), 1-14.
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2025 Mathews, B., Do, H. P., Lawrence, D. M., Madzoska, M., Higgins, D. J., Scott, J. G., . . . Napier, S. (2025). Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Intimate Partner Violence Victimisation: Findings From a National Survey in Australia. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-39.
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2024 Bright, D., Sadewo, G., Cubitt, T. I. C., Dowling, C., & Morgan, A. (2024). Co-offending networks among members of outlaw motorcycle gangs across types of crime. Trends in Organized Crime, 27(3), 263-285.
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2024 Wolbers, H., Cubitt, T., & Morgan, A. (2024). Offense specialization among outlaw motorcycle gang members: Comparing specialization metrics. Journal of Criminal Justice, 95, 102296-1-102296-14.
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2024 Cubitt, T., Morgan, A., & Brown, R. (2024). The overlap between viewing child sexual abuse material and fringe or radical content online. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (708), 1-16.
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2024 Cubitt, T., & Morgan, A. (2024). Exposure to and sharing of fringe or radical content online. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (705), 1-17.
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2024 Wolbers, H., Cubitt, T., Cahill, M., Ball, M., Hancock, J., Napier, S., & Broadhurst, R. (2024). Drivers and deterrents of child sexual offending: Analysis of offender interactions on the darknet. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (703), 1-16.
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2024 Morgan, A., Cubitt, T., Voce, A., & Voce, I. (2024). An experimental study of support for protest causes and tactics and the influence of conspiratorial beliefs. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (702), 1-23.
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2024 Cubitt, T. (2024). Does prior misconduct predict drug use by police?. Policing and Society, 34(9), 895-912.
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2024 Bright, D., Sadewo, G. R. P., Lerner, J., Cubitt, T., Dowling, C., & Morgan, A. (2024). Investigating the Dynamics of Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Co-Offending Networks: The Utility of Relational Hyper Event Models. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 40(3), 445-487.
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2024 Teunissen, C., Cahill, M., Napier, S., Cubitt, T., Boxall, H., & Brown, R. (2024). Sexual exploitation of children on dating platforms and experiences of revictimisation as an adult. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (697), 1-16.
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2024 Cubitt, T., Morgan, A., & Voce, I. (2024). Grievances and conspiracy theories as motivators of anti-authority protests. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (693), 1-16.
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2024 Morgan, A., Cubitt, T., & Voce, I. (2024). Participation in anti-authority protests and vulnerability to radicalisation. AIC Research Reports, (31), iii-50.
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2024 Cubitt, T., & Morgan, A. (2024). Predicting high-harm offending using national police information systems: An application to outlaw motorcycle gangs. AIC Research Reports, (30), iii-39.
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2024 Voce, A., Morgan, A., & Cubitt, T. (2024). Community perceptions of corruption by public officials. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (687), 1-21.
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2023 Cubitt, T. I. C., & Nix, J. (2023). A Multi-Site Study of Firearms Displays by Police at Use of Force Incidents. Police Quarterly, 26(3), 379-408.
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2023 Cubitt, T. I. C., Napier, S., & Brown, R. (2023). Understanding the Offline Criminal Behavior of Individuals Who Live Stream Child Sexual Abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(9-10), 6624-6649.
DOI Scopus12 WoS15 Europe PMC1
2023 Cubitt, T. I. C. (2023). Using Network Analytics to Improve Targeted Disruption of Police Misconduct. Police Quarterly, 26(1), 24-53.
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2023 Cubitt, T. I. C. (2023). The value of criminal history and police intelligence in vetting and selection of police. Crime Science, 12(1), 12 pages.
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2023 Wolbers, H., Dowling, C., Cubitt, T., & Kuhn, C. (2023). Understanding and preventing internet-facilitated radicalisation. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (673), 1-17.
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2023 Morgan, A., Cubitt, T., & Dowling, C. (2023). Outlaw motorcycle gangs and domestic violence. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (670), 1-17.
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2023 Cubitt, T., Dowling, C., & Morgan, A. (2023). Crime by outlaw motorcycle gang members during club conflicts. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (667), 1-18.
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2022 Cubitt, T. I. C., Gaub, J. E., & Holtfreter, K. (2022). Gender differences in serious police misconduct: A machine-learning analysis of the New York Police Department (NYPD). Journal of Criminal Justice, 82, 101976-1-101976-13.
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2022 Cubitt, T., & Morgan, A. (2022). Predicting high-harm offending using machine learning: an application to outlaw motorcycle gangs. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (646), 1-18.
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2021 Cubitt, T. I. C., & Birch, P. (2021). A machine learning analysis of misconduct in the New York Police Department. Policing: An International Journal, 44(5), 800-817.
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2021 Boland, D., Morgan, A., Cubitt, T., & Voce, I. (2021). Effects of outlaw motorcycle gang membership and the support needs of former members. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (614), 1-15.
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2021 Cubitt, T., & Napier, S. (2021). Predicting prolific live streaming of child sexual abuse. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (634), 1-21.
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2021 Cubitt, T. (2021). Effective management of serious police misconduct: A machine learning analysis. TRENDS AND ISSUES IN CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, (633), 1-15.
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2020 Cubitt, T., Wooden, K., Kruger, E., & Kennedy, M. (2020). A predictive model for serious police misconduct by variation of the theory of planned behaviour. Journal of Forensic Practice, 22(4), 251-263.
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2020 Cubitt, T. I. C., Wooden, K. R., & Roberts, K. A. (2020). A machine learning analysis of serious misconduct among Australian police. Crime Science, 9(1), 22-1-22-13.
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2018 Cubitt, T. I. C., & Judges, S. J. H. (2018). Show cause analysis: A qualitative assessment of the factors influencing police misconduct from the perspective of the officers who commit it. Policing, 41(6), 782-797.
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2017 Cubitt, T. I. C., Lesic, R., Myers, G. L., & Corry, R. (2017). Body-worn video: A systematic review of literature. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 50(3), 379-396.
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2016 Deacon, R. M., Nielsen, S., Leung, S., Rivas, G., Cubitt, T., Monds, L. A., . . . Lintzeris, N. (2016). Alprazolam use and related harm among opioid substitution treatment clients – 12 months follow up after regulatory rescheduling. International Journal of Drug Policy, 36, 104-111.
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Year Citation
2026 Cubitt, T. (2026). Evidence-Based Detection, Management and Prevention of Police Misconduct. Australia: Springer Nature Switzerland.
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Year Citation
2024 Cubitt, T. (2024). Using Financial Transaction Data to Analyse, Detect and Disrupt Technologically Facilitated Crime. In L. Huey, & D. Buil-Gil (Eds.), The Crime Data Handbook (pp. 245-259). Bristol University Press.
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2020 Morgan, A., Brown, R., Voce, I., & Cubitt, T. (2020). Organised and transnational crime. In Australian Policing (pp. 315-331). Routledge.
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Year Citation
2021 Cubitt, T. (2021). The risk assessment inventory: Assessing the future misconduct of operational police officers.

Year Citation
2026 Cubitt, T., Logos, K., Brewer, R., & Mathews, B. (2026). AI- and non-AI online child sexual victimisation, disclosures and help-seeking.
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Year Citation
2026 Cubitt, T., Logos, K., Brewer, R., Mathews, B., Jago, M., & Gannon, C. (2026). Prevalence and disclosure of AI and non-AI online child sexual victimisation: Findings from a national study of Australian adolescents.
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2026 Cubitt, T., Logos, K., & Brewer, R. (2026). The Digital Lives of Adolescents: National Prevalence of Internet, Technology, and AI Use in Australia.
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2026 Cubitt, T., Logos, K., & Brewer, R. (2026). The digital lives of adolescents: National prevalence of internet, technology, and AI use in Australia.
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Year Funding Body Project Investigators Amount
2026 Office of National Intelligence  Missed signals in the escalation to extremist violence: Revealing the connection between extremism, child sexual exploitation and domestic violence Cubitt, T; Brewer, R; Boxall, H; Logos, K $788,774
2026 Attorney-General's Department (Cwlth)  Fixated Grievance Perpetrator Expert Group - Project Team McEwan, T; Corner, E; Pathé, M; Boxall, H; Callaway, L; Cubitt, T; Fullam, R; Spivak, B; Ruffles, J; Trood, M; Trembath, A; Vlais, R; Bragias, A.  
2024 Countering Violent Extremism Sub-Committee Measuring changes in anti-government sentiment, conspiratorial views and risks of radicalisation Cubitt, T; Morgan, A $339,000
2022 National Police Chiefs
Council (UK)		 Predicting police misconduct Cubitt, T $107,884
2021 ACT Government Evaluation of the trial Fixated Threat Assessment Centre capability in the ACT, Tasmania and the Northern Territory Cubitt, T; Corner, E; Taylor, H $200,000

Tim has coordinated the following courses:

Year Code Course title
S2 - 2026 CRIM3010 Criminological Research
S1 - 2026 CRIM1001 Introduction to Criminal Justice
S2 - 2025 CRIM3010 Criminological Research

 

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Co-Supervisor Examining the Criminalisation of Climate Change Activism Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mx Ellie Kendall Turner
2026 Principal Supervisor Examining the nexus between traditional femininity and national identity with radicalisation of South Australian women into right-wing movements Master of Research Master Full Time Ms Macy Veronica Hodges
2026 Co-Supervisor Crossing the Threshold: Rethinking Service Responses to Coercive Online Violent Extremism in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Emma Kate Gerhardy
2026 Principal Supervisor Is Intimate Partner Violence Propelled by Misogynistic Attitudes? Master of Research Master Full Time Peschk Mezek-Tatler
2026 Principal Supervisor Artificial Intelligence Generated Content on Social Media Platforms: Digital Literacy, the Australian Public and the Spread of Harmful Content Master of Research Master Full Time Miss Rowan May Wilson
2026 Co-Supervisor Understanding the impacts of artificial intelligence facilitated online harms experienced during adolescence Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Matthew Ball
2025 Co-Supervisor Disaggregating Extreme-Right Ideological Groups: An Australian Analysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Aaron Thomas Calbert

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Forecasting police misconduct with Machine Learning University of Cambridge MSt in Applied Criminology and Police Management Master Part Time Morven Brown

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2026 - ongoing Board Member Child Rights, Technology and Well-being Sage United States
2025 - ongoing Board Member Evidence Base: Criminal Justice Research, Policy & Action Taylor & Francis United Kingdom

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